Sunday, December 4, 2011

the journey

I received a bit of encouragement to start blogging again (thanks, Steve). While one post doesn't mean I'm back, it's, well, one post. As in the past, my thoughts about writing go to the most banal events of my life with a smattering of photovoltaics thrown in.
Central to my way of life remains the bicycle. This photo is from my commute, here coming home from work in the evening. I have a 200m altitude climb through the forest to get home. It's slow going, meaning I take time to enjoy the journey rather than being in a hurry to get home. Being in a hurry while bicycling uphill gets tiring very quickly!

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Blogging vs facebook

I never used to use facebook but use it more now - at the expense of starting to blog again. There are a couple of things that make facebook preferable. I find it more interactive, whereas blogging was something I viewed as writing for writing's sake. Right now it's the interaction I prefer. I also like being constrained by the length of facebook status updates - it prevents the sort of rambling I'm engaging in at this very moment. Being forced to get to the point and eliminate superfluous information takes more thought than blog writing. However, blogging has allowed me to "meet" online people I would never have known otherwise. And I've appreciated all the comments on my solar cell work. But facebook only it will be, for now.